Auxiliary handle for outboard motors



M h 1, 196 s. M. CARMICHAEL, JR 2,926,544

AUXILIARY HANDLE FOR OUTBOARD MOTORS Filed Jan. 24,- 1958 Arramvsrs United. States P gf fb Ce Patented 7 Mar. 1,

. 2,926,544 AUXILIARY HANDLE. FOR OUTBOARD MOTORS Gil M. Carmichael, Jr., Minneapolis, Minn. Application January 24, 1958, Serial No. 711,030

7 3 Claims. c1. 74-484) The invention herein has relation to an auxiliary handle useful for the purpose of controllably regulating the speed of operation of an outboard motor and directing the course of travel of a boat propelled by the outboard motor.

This application is a continuation-in-part of my pending application Serial No. 631,196, filed December 28, 1956, now abandoned, and presents improvements over the disclosure thereof.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, a

Fig. l is a plan view of a fragment of a boat equipped with an outboard motor, disclosing an auxiliary handle made according to the invention-as when applied to use;

n Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational view of the auxiliary handle as when assembled with a main handle for controlling theoutboard motor;

'Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 2; I

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the auxiliary handle as when detached from said main handle; 3

Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, taken on line 6-6 in Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a detail in Fig. 5; and v I Fig. 8 is an elevational view, partially in section and partially broken away, of an auxiliary handle of modified construction incorporating features and characteristics of the invention.

With respect to Figs. 1 to 7 numerals of reference thereon, 10 denotes a boat equipped with an outboard motor 11 suitably and conveniently supported, in customary or preferred upper portion of the stern of the boat.

The boat 10 can be of any material suitable to its purpose, such as aluminum, glass fiber, or so-called plastic material. Passenger space of the boat, above a floor 12 thereof, is bounded by a gunwale 13. A thwart 14 is as discolsed situated in a rearward portion of the passenger space, in forwardly spaced relation to the outboard motor.

A main body 15 of the outboard motor is mounted upon the stern of the boat for rotary movement of said outboard motor in a horizontal plane, and a gear housing 16 of the outboard motor extends downwardly from the main body. Propellers (not shown) of the outboard motor are at the elevation of a lower portion of the gear housing, and said gear housing functions as a rudder for the boat. A hand piece 17 is to be manually manipulated :to initiate combustion of the outboard motor.

An outer, forward end portion of a main handle 18, for controllably regulating the speed of operation of the outboard motor and directing the course of travel of a boat propelled thereby, is encased in a tubular member 19 pivotally supported, at 20, on an extension of the gear sectional view, taken on line 7-7 of the drawing and the .housing for swinging movement in a vertical plane. The

manner, upon an' main handle 18 includes separate members suitably as- .is constituted -main handle 18.

Fig. 7 of the drawing.

sembled with each other at the location of the pivotal support 20. A hand grip '21 on the outer, forward end of said main. handle is fixedly secured thereto by a set screw 22.

An outboard motor of construction as hereinbefore described is known to of the present invention. The speed of operation of the outboard motor is altered, increased and decreased,

to side.

The auxiliary handle which the invention introduces as a forward extension secured upon the First and second tubular fixed relation when the auxiliary'handle, or forward ex: j tension, is of a desired length.

A headed andnutted bolt 26, to :extend transversely of the ,tubular elements through selected ,alined sets of curing the tubular elements in fixed yrelation. hold 27, of rubberized material as'disclosed, is rigidly secured upon the forward endportion of the second tubular element 24.

A coupling unit of the by a universal joint 30 of construction to permit relative lateral swinging movement ofsaid shank and tubular.

shank 28 of the coupling unit, and the tubular member 29 of said coupling unit is detachably, fixedly secured, as at 32, upon a lug 33 projecting forwardly from the hand grip 21.

The detachable connection 32 is disclosed in detail in The lug 33 is snugly fitted into the tubular member 29 and a compression coil spring 34 within said lug resiliently retains a stud 35 in an aperture 36 in said tubular member. Stated differently, the detachable connection 32 is constituted as a spring loaded fastening means. The detachable connection 31 can be of the same general construction as is the detachable conneetion 32.

An anchoring bracket 37 of the auxiliary handle is constituted as a fiat element of elongated configuration. A larger end portion of the anchoring bracket is hollowed out, as at 38, to receive the forward end portion of the tubular member 19 on the gear housing 16 and a smaller end portion of said anchoring bracket is provided with an aperture 39 for receiving a rearward end portion of an anchoring rod 40 of the auxiliary handle. The anchoring bracket is in a horizontal plane and extends toward the port side of the the art and as such forms no part elements, denoted 23 and 24, respectively, of the auxiliary handle are snugly, tele scopically fitted the one to the other for relative longi-" ,tn'dinal adjustment.

handle, or forward lengthened 4 auxiliary handle is constituted as a shank28 and a tubular member 29 interconnected of the first tubular element z 23 is detachably, fixedly secured, "as 'at'31, iipon the" boat. Clamping screws 41 retain anchoring bracket in fixed positionupon the tubular mcrnber 19 and a set screw 42 retains said anchoring rod in fixed position in the anchoring bracket.

The first tubular element 23 of the auxiliary handle is snugly and freely rotatable in a bearing member 43 mounted upon said first tubular: element, and a protuberance 44 upon said bearing rnember fixedly receives, as at 45, a forward end portion of the anchoring rod 40. The protuberance 44 is in a toward the port side of the boat. I

As very clearly disclosed in the drawing, the anchoring rod 40 is bent inwardly at a midportion 46 thereof and is in a single plane. of said anchoring rod is in parallel relation to the first and second tubular elements, a straight rearward end portion of the anchoring rod is in parallel relation to the main handle 18 and said anchoring rod is at the port side of said first and second tubular elements and main handle in spaced relation thereto.

The auxiliary handle of Fig. 8 is in many respects of the same construction as is the auxiliary handle of Figs.

horizontal plane and extends a A straight forward end portion 1 to 7, inclusive, and parts which are similar have been t given like reference numerals;

A rearward end portion of the'first tubular clement.

23in Fig. 8 is secured, by a fastening screw 50, upon the lug 33.1 The first and second tubular elements are longitudinally alined "with the main handle in Fig. 8. a

By reason of the fact that control handles, such as 18, of outboard motors, such as 11, employed on boats, such as 10, to accomplish their propulsion, have been accessible only at and adjacent to the stems of the boats, it has heretofore been necessary for operators of the outboard motors to locate themselves far to the rear of the boats, thus frequently to cause the boats to be tilted upwardly from rear toward front and the efiieicncy of the outboard motors to be impaired or reduced."

Auxiliary handles, or forward extensions, made according to the present invention can be conveniently accessible at any locations'in boats where operators may care to situate themselves; The necessity for the presence of an operator at the rear, wherehis weight is liable to tilt the'boat in the absence of counterbalancing forwardly positioned weight, is eliminated. The speed of operation of the outboard motor will be altered, increased and decreased by rotating the hand hold 27 thus to rotate the auxiliary handle and themainhandle in corresponding direction, and steering of the boat will be accomplished by swinging the hand held, together asa unit with said auxiliary and main handles, from side to side.

The obvious purpose of offsetting the auxiliary handle of Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive, is to situate the hand hold 27 at a location where it will be more readily accessible to an operator occupying the center of the thwart 14. The

retaining said manipulating anchoring" bracket 37, anchoring rod 40, the bearing member 43, etc., will retain the other elements of the auxiliary handle in the offset relation which is intended, and the first tubular element 23 of the auxiliary handle will be freely rotatable in said bearing member in response to rotation of said hand hold. The main handle 18 of course will be rotated in response to rotation of the hand hold and first and second tubular elements, through the instrumentality of the coupling unit constiuted as the shank 28, the tubular member 29 and the universal joint 30. f

What is claimed is:

1. An auxiliary handle for assembly with a manipulating handle of an outboard motor constituted as an elongated element, a coupling unit for securing said elongated element to said manipulating handle to permit their relative lateral movement and prevent their relative rotary movement, an anchoring bracket to be made rigid with themanipulating handle, a bearing member in which the elongated element is snguly rotatable, said anchoring bracket and bearing number being at opposite sides of said coupling unit, and an anchoring rodfor handle and said elongated element in offset relation to each other extending between and rigid with said anchoring bracket and said bearing member.

2. The combination as specified in claim 1 and spring loaded fastening means for detachably securing said coupling unit to and between said manipulating handle and said elongated element. p

3. In combination, an. outboard motor including a manipulating handle rotatable to controllably regulate the speed of operation of said outboard motor and swingable from side to side, a hand grip on said manipulating handle, a lug rigid with and extending forwardly from said. hand grip, an auxiliary handle, to be manually rotated to cause said manipulating handle to be rotated andswung from side to side to cause the manipulating handle to be swung from side to side, including a tubular element receiving and extending forwardly from said lug, and spring loaded fastening means for detachably securing the lug within said tubular element.

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